NI / ROI border - again...

nivilla1982

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Livestock Farmer
A letter in today's Irish Times: The ‘all-island economy’:

Sir, – It has been heartening to hear both our Taoiseach and Tánaiste repeatedly stress the importance of the “all-island economy” and seamless trade across the border in recent weeks and months.

On this basis I trust that next time I purchase a car in Northern Ireland with the intention of driving it in the Republic, the Government will not insist I pay thousands of euro in vehicle registration tax (VRT) for the privilege?

Or will those restrictions and checks on cross-border trade that suit our Government continue as before? – Yours, etc,

TOM FARRELL,

Dublin 7.
 

nivilla1982

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The Agrarian

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Northern Ireland
When you sell off 10% of your lowest performing counties this year, you have a new bottom 10% next year. And the year after. In dairy herd you bring in a fresh 10% every year. Where is the UK going to replace it's bottom 10% from?
 

Bankville

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When you sell off 10% of your lowest performing counties this year, you have a new bottom 10% next year. And the year after. In dairy herd you bring in a fresh 10% every year. Where is the UK going to replace it's bottom 10% from?

The answer to that is simple believe and your Brexit unicorns will appear

If that doesn't work theres always Scotland and the north east future isnt looking prosperous either
 

The Agrarian

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Northern Ireland
Can anyone illuminate us on the workings of an EU customs union just with NI? Can Irish milk be imported into Northern Ireland, processed, and sold on UK shelves free of tariff? Can partially processed material be imported, further processed and packed, and sold on UK shelves? Or will this product be differentiated at the ports from Northern Ireland origin goods? Most NI business, which incidentally sells to GB, should be terrified about this.
 

Bankville

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Can anyone illuminate us on the workings of an EU customs union just with NI? Can Irish milk be imported into Northern Ireland, processed, and sold on UK shelves free of tariff? Can partially processed material be imported, further processed and packed, and sold on UK shelves? Or will this product be differentiated at the ports from Northern Ireland origin goods? Most NI business, which incidentally sells to GB, should be terrified about this.

Itll all depend on the small print.... the biggest problem would be if GB does trade deals with countries allowing bargain basement food in with no tariffs. Ni produce would he uncompetitive
 

Nenuphar

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Ireland
That's certainly an eye opener for some on here by the looks of it.
It will probably never happen if it were down to the general population of Ireland north and south (even though there is a very slow lean towards it) but I hear more and more people on this side of the Irish sea say, that it would be a lot easier if Ireland was all one country.

Personally I couldn't care less, as I only go there to visit and don't plan on ever going back there to live.
 

nivilla1982

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Livestock Farmer

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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